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M L WILLIS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 13, 1942 – September 12, 1966
Service recordM L Willis, of Waskom, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 12, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 89
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- December 13, 1942
- Home of record
- Waskom, Texas (Harrison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 12, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date September 12, 1966. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 89
- BENJAMIN PAUL NORTONPrivate First Class · September 12, 1966
- ROLANDO LUIS SOLIZPrivate First Class · September 12, 1966
- STANLEY GEORGE SPRAGUEMajor · September 12, 1966
- CHARLES SEABORN ABELCaptain · September 13, 1966
From Waskom
- WILLIAM F RICHARDSONCorporal · April 21, 1970
- FRANK CLIFFORD GREEN JRCommander · July 10, 1972
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.